Today in a couple of hours, I'm leaving with some friends to "chillax" at the beach up in Whangarei for a few days. (A couple of hours up north from Auckland.) Should be some good times. Providing that I don't get sunburnt. Or get sick. Or both.

Cause that would suck.Anyway, even though I'm taking my laptop with me (cause there's no tv up there in the holiday house), I don't think I'm gonna get internet access. So this may be the last post you will get till Tuesday. Or Wednesday depending how tired I am on Tuesday.

currently: just sitting.So, new title header.I thought of making one that was maybe more summery or happier...but I just really love the whole red/grey/white theme haha.I dunno...probably just cause I'm so into red.and I've been really into this font (powderfinger on dafont.com)I'll give it another try tomorrow.Cause I'm on holidays, and I have all the time in the world =D(though most is spent on sleeping in till 11am. *cough*)Okay, so I'm adding this bit to the post, even though it's already been posted:NEW CHARLIE THE UNICORN VIDEOSThey were made for Youtube Live. Had to add them up here too =DYOUTUBE LIVE PROMO: CHARLIE THE UNICORN

That's right. My exams are over so bring on SUMMER!Finished English, finished Media, and finished an AWESOME Classics exam.And no, you are not seeing things, I did just put Awesome and Exam in a sentence together with Classics.I mean after a terrible English exam, and an okay Media exam, Classics exam just went SO well cause everything I wanted came up in the papers. Which was so brilliant for me, made it so much easier. Which actually makes me proud that I can't use my right hand right now because I've written so much. =D

currently: FREAKING OUT a little bit. (Listening to 'Dust' - by Royworld. Hence title)FIRST EXAM COUNTDOWN: 15 hours 17 minutes"...is a thousand voices floating in the atmosphere.shadows falling into dust.and I hear your voice singled out and I want to sayyou and I will never die, so don't think of all the space inbetween us.get that rubbish off your mindand how many times can I tell you I love you?"[Dust - Royworld]LESS THAN 1 DAY TILL EXAMS.2pm tomorrow I'll be sitting my English exam which will determine my place in scholarship English next year.Can I help but feel worried?I'm actually getting to the point where I'm wondering if I'm still breathing or not.You would think, being the 3rd year of NCEA exams, I'd be a bit less nervous...but NO. Just gets harder each year. I think "Well, LAST YEAR didn't seem so bad now..."Need to "get that rubbish off my mind."and concentrate on Shakespeare. Along with more Englishy stuff.Wish me luck for tomorrow. *deep breathes*

Good:Yay, sleep ins! And I can study in my own time, study what I want and what I need to learn in my own way.

Bad:Good stuff always happens when there's exam leave. Whether its big sale, or good movie, good weather, good SF webcammage...just good stuff. And you miss it. And you get really distracted.

Ugly:Sometimes you give into watching the movie, or webcam...and you don't study. Which then makes you want to panic that you haven't done any study...and now, you're one day less of study because you got distracted. Ohhh...crap.

So...I'm tired.Not really cause of senior prizegiving last night (which I got 3 awards for. yay =D)But because even though I was suppose to go to bed, I ended up staying up till 2:30am, trying to write a practise essay on early Roman religion which I was determined in finishing just to say that I have done some studying and stuff. But of course I haven't finished it. Cause I ended up falling asleep with the laptop on my lap.

Anyway, unintentionally woke up at 7:30am to be really achy and tired. More attempts at finishing essay...failed cause I again keep falling asleep with the laptop on my lap. And since I wasn't feeling too great, eating breakfast wasn't fun.So as you can see, not a great start to the morning...

So, after a shower and all, I come back, finding this newsletter from Relient K, advertising their new video which I had not seen, but heard of anyway.So, being kinda out of it, I played the video. And now I'm happy again.

Sleigh Ride - Relient K

Maybe it's just listening to Matt Theissen sing, or the fact that Matt Theissen is a bunny...I dunno but normally Christmas songs depress me. But this just proves that I will always love Relient K. =DSo now that I'm happier, back to study XD

There's something relaxing about waking up when you want on a Friday, while everyone else has to go to school or work or whatever.I actually feel pretty relaxed, for someone that really should be panicking that this time next week, I have a Classics exam worth 18 credits.Is that a good thing though? To feel relaxed? Maybe its a sign that I'm just gonna let everything happen the way it happens in my exam. I mean yes I really concerned with getting highest mark possible...but doesn't seem like I'm trying. At least at this very moment.I think I'm just rambling on with all this stuff, so I hope that I can clear my head so I can go do some serious study. I mean my friend is right now texting me that they HAVE to get as many high marks as possible, not just pass. Maybe if I type some more, my head will finally be free to dive into my Classics and English books. (My Media Studies exam is last of my worries cause that's only a level 2 exam and I can memorise an essay for that.)Okay, still finding it hard to concentrate. I turned off my windows media player and now maybe it also doesn't help that Katy Perry's song "Hot and Cold" is playing on the radio aswell. I wish that Jason Mraz's song would come on already so I can turn it off.Maybe I should go eat. Or get a milo.Yum...milo.Okay. Rambling over. I'll get a milo and get into study.(Prizegiving tonight :D)

You know what's always really sad about last days of school?They're the last day of school.

I mean, yeah I personally have one more year before I go to Uni. But still, for my year 13 friends, and the ones that are moving on, it's their last day. I'm gonna miss so many of them. Especially the ones I've known and grown up with since primary school.

And I had a pretty fantastic year this year. I though it was all custard at the beginning, when the first thing that went wrong was that I couldn't take my year 12 fashion class anymore. But then through that, I got into an awesome year 13 Classical Studies class which always manage to amuse me. I don't know if it was just cause they were year 13s, or that the teacher was so sarcastic it was hilarious, but I had an awesome time in that class.Then my English class, also year 13, never seemed to fail with the strange and random conversations. And how anything you said could actually relate to the topic, no matter how off topic you tried to be.

Then there's my other year 12 classes. Photography was ...eventful. The fact that we had changed teachers, and that there was so much money and pressure and deadlines. And the skin on my hand has gone a bit funny due to unfriendly photography chemicals. But I loved every minute of it.Media Studies - the perks of studying tv shows. And then there was making our own trailers. AWESOME.Journalism - my future career. It definitely took me out of my comfort spots at times. But I really liked that. I even met an awesome year 9 through interviews and stuff (even though year 9s to year 11s are generally known as the biggest pains in the school. Next to the swarms of bees.) Plus, one of the best teachers as your Journalism teacher. Always bonus.Graphics - *sigh* One of the best feelings is the feeling that you have finished graphics. I swear its the 2nd best feeling next to winning the lottery. I spend 96% of the time hating graphics, another 80% within that hating of graphics just procrastinating it, and the rest is just slaving away hours before the due date to get it done. And after all that, the best feeling is when you get a high mark and it's all done.

And of course, all the activities I've done. Stage Challenge the biggest thing this year for me. It just proves how I love performance, even if I am backstage.

And the achievements. I've worked SO hard this year to do my best and I feel like it's beginning to pay off! Course in saying that, there's exams next week. Really should get on that too haha.

And my friends. If you look at my album link up there ^^ you will see all the awesome people I've had the pleasures of meeting and becoming close to. And how even though I have met so many people, I can still count on so many of them. Cause, they are awesome.

And I've must have said awesome at least 60 times in this blog post.

I can't help feeling happy. Yet feeling so sad.Guess that's the thing with endings. There's a new beginning awaiting.

currently: having a moment of sudden realisation of something you cannot change. (also known as an epiphany.)There are two things that have occured this to happen.1) I've been spending WAY too much time in English analysing epiphanies so much that I've ended up forcing an epiphany on myself. Just cause of stupid James Joyce short stories.2) I've been watching the same video too many times...What video you ask?THIS ONE.Jimmy Eat World - Sweetness [Live on Letterman]

Okay, yes I have posted this video before. But for some crazy reason, I decided to watch it again. And again. And again.And I kept having these little *eeep* smiles to myself at certain moments when Jim Adkins was singing (0:20, 1:17, 1:38, 2:30 and 2:54-2:58)And that's when I realised.

HOLEY CHEEZLES. Am I a....FANGIRL?

This may be an epiphany. An epiphany where I have found out...that I am an fangirl of Jimmy Eat World and it's lead singer. Because I find him really cute with the video and the singing and the music and the hair and the voice and the lyrics and Ohhh...Crap. I don't want to be known as a fangirl. No, no, NO!I have yet to figure out how to fix this. Maybe it's just a fad....Yeah, a fad.I mean I have moments where I go all smiley at Jon and give a little *eeep* for him or Tim Foreman. Cause Tim is adorable, everyone knows that.And Jim...hes so cute!Oh crap.*drops dead in shame*

currently: listening to "Blister" by Jimmy Eat World - off their Clarity album of 99.Okay. I know that quite a few would be saying to me "Mellie, why aren't you doing your homework?! Your exam is coming up!"Well...Sometimes you just need to relax from school and life and love and why.(mmk. I snuck in a Switchfoot reference there...)

Anyway, this is why I am slacking off for the moment.

I'm relaxing. With Charlie the Unicorn. XD

So, how many have you seen Charlie the Unicorn? *people raise their hands*

Okay, so this is the FIRST Charlie the Unicorn video.

And here is the 2nd one which I have only just seen today:

Charlie the Unicorn 2

CHARLIEEEEEE.

Gosh, their voices are so high pitched which makes them SO annoying. But still funny none the less.

Anyway, I forgot to do this to Jon, but I'm certainly not gonna forget Jim Adkins on my blog.

currently: glad it's all over. The New Zealand Elections are all over. Well pretty much.

Cause after all this, it still proves to me that I hate elections.So...here's the results. Not official right now, but John Key and the National Party won the election with 45% and Helen Clark's Labour Party with only 33%

This means 3 things.1) We ACTUALLY have a male Prime Minister. Rather than a woman who just sounds like a male.2) John Key is much easier to look at. Seriously. Have you seen non-photoshopped Helen Clark?3) And now New Zealand won't be so embarrassed about saying who their Prime Minister is.

So now, we welcome 4 long years of criticism with a brand new piece of meat to beat up.

Let it begin.

(btw- Bill and Ben Party got over 10,000 votes. Only puts them at 0.51 percent but hey, thats a lot of people voting for a party that doesn't really exist. But then, that's not much compared to the decent 950,000 votes that National/John Key got.)

currently: chillaxing.So...Yeah the whole US election thing has been the "thing of the week"But tomorrow, it's the NZ election for the next prime minister.Gosh, I'm so sick of the ads and the billboards... The only amusing thing about those billboards is when people stick moustaches on them. heheh.Anyway, here's an example of one of the ads currently playing, promoting the Labour Party.(Quick NZ political run down. Current Prime Minister: Helen Clark of Labour - colour Red. Opposing: John Key of National - colour Blue.)

Labour Political Ad 2008

here's what it annoys me about that ad.1) The house. Could it be any more depressing?2) Okay, yeah, tough times. And by the looks of your house, you're already in it. So...Labour has done heaps.3) Who still has a cordless phone in their kitchen nowadays?4) "I just can't trust you" - Oh and you trust a lady that obviously uses photoshop on her billboard ads?

however, this ad by The Bill and Ben Political Party is genius (Bill and Ben are hosts of this funny tv show called Pulp Sport. The ad is based on another Labour ad)

Don't Trust Bill and Ben's Double-Talk - Helen Clark

That's what the real Helen Clark, current PM looks like.And I'd actually vote for Bill and Ben. I think it would be funny if they got into Parliament. (I can't actually vote so oh well anyway.)

Anyway.... new free music findhttp://www.sourcevictoria.net/ to download Source Victoria's album The Fast Escape (you need to click the words "The Fast Escape" for the zip download.)

Some really good tracks by them. Like Heartless Boy, The Welcoming and Opportunistic (although the ending of that song is really weird in the way it cuts off suddenly.)

Coming from Arizona, these guys have apparently been longtimers on the local scene, friends with Jim Adkins from Jimmy Eat World. The Fast Escape was engineered by Chris Testa - also known for engineering Switchfoot's last 2 albums (O!G and NIS), along with Jimmy Eat World's upcoming album (which I'm patiently waiting for to come out.)

Sound wise- I find they're a little like bands such as Radiohead, Mute Math, maybe Anberlin or A Great Pile Of Leaves (their EPs are great. They're also on free download). But they're not as alternative as some of these bands are (I don't think anything can be more alternative than Radiohead.)

Lyrically wise- It's ironic how their longest song of 5 and a half minutes (A Punch To The Nose) only contains 22 words. One of them is the F word but you know, music is art. When you download the zip file from their site, you get the lyric booklet, and when you read the lyrics in order, it's much like a story. The Welcoming is like the comforts of love, but as it progresses on, it starts to the fight, with the words 'mistake' and 'fake' appearing quite a bit. And of course you get a song called The End is The End as the 2nd to last track. Pretty self explainatory I say.

Overall score: (because I'm a blogger, I can do these things haha)7/10

The girl.

NZ blogger in the middle of life, love, the world and all that inhabits it. A web addict for radio by day; a web addict in general by night. Writing about the world, travels, food, pop culture and lifestyle.